PETA Rethinks Ads Comparing Abuse, Slavery [View All]

[meganmonkey]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is reconsidering a campaign comparing images of animal abuse with those of slavery after complaints from civil rights groups and others.

The animal rights group's ``Animal Liberation'' campaign included 12 panels juxtaposing pictures of black people in chains with shackled elephants and other provocative images.

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One panel showed a black civil rights protester being beaten at a lunch counter beside a photo of a seal being bludgeoned. Another panel, titled ``Hanging,'' showed a graphic photo of a white mob surrounding two lynched blacks, their bodies hanging from tree limbs, while a nearby picture showed a cow hanging in a slaughterhouse.

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``There was one man who began shouting that the exhibit was racist,'' Carr said. ``Then, there was a lot of shouting.''

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